IntroductionThe Export Inspection
Council (EIC) was set up by the Government of India under Section
3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of
1963), in order to ensure sound development of export trade of India
through Quality Control and Inspection and for matters connected thereof.

EIC is an advisory
body to the Central Government, which is empowered under the Act to:

Notify commodities which will be subject to quality control and/ or inspection prior to export,

Establish standards of quality for such notified commodities, and

Specify the type of quality control and / or inspection to be applied to such commodities.

Besides its advisory
role, the Export Inspection Council, also exercises technical and
administrative control over the five Export Inspection Agencies (EIAs),
one each at Channai, Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata and Mumbai established
by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, under Section 7
of the Act for the purpose of implementing the various measures and
policies formulated by the Export Inspection Council of India.
Export Inspection Council, either directly or through Export Inspection
Agencies, its field organisation renders services in the areas of:
Certification of
quality of export commodities through installation of quality
assurance systems (In-process Quality Control and Self Certification)
in the exporting units as well as consignment wise inspection.
Certification of quality of food items for export through installation
of Food safety Management System in the food processing units.
Issue of Certificates of origin to exporters under various preferential
tariff schemes for export products.

Organisation
Setup

Under the Export Quality
Control & Inspection Act, 1963, the Council, which is constituted
by the Central Government, is the apex body, and has powers to constitute
specialist committees to assist it in discharge of its functions.
Accordingly, the Council has constituted Administrative Committee
to advise it on administrative matters and a Technical Committee to
advise it on technical matters. Besides, it has created some Standing
Committees in specific technical areas as given below :

List
of Council Members

In pursuance of Section
3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963(22 of
1963) and in pursuance of rule 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection)
Rules; 1964,
the Central Government vide its S.O. no. 2856(E) dated
09.11.2009, reconstituted the Export Inspection Council
consisting of the following persons, for the period as indicated
in column(3), namely :-

1

Shri Binoy Kumar,
Additional Secretary
Department of Commerce,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
Government of India,
New Delhi